[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20076]



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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 2236]


Shipping Coordinating Committee, Subcommittee on Safety of Life 
at Sea, Working Group on Safety of Navigation; Notice of Meeting

    The Working Group on Safety of Navigation of the Subcommittee on 
Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will conduct an opening meeting at 9:30 
a.m. on Thursday, September 7, 1995, in room 6319, U.S. Coast Guard 
Headquarters, 2100 Second Street, S.W., Washington, DC.
    The purpose of the meeting is to prepare for the 41st session of 
the Subcommittee on Safety of Navigation (NAV) of the International 
Maritime Organization (IMO) which is tentatively scheduled for 
September 18-22, 1995, at the IMO Headquarters in London.
    Items of principal interest on the agenda are:

--Role of the human element in maritime casualties
--Routing of ships and related matters
--Vessel Traffic Services (VTS) and ship reporting
--Navigational aids and related matters
--Revision of SOLAS chapter V
--Bridge procedures and standardization of essential bridge and engine 
room instrumentation
--Ergonomic criteria for bridge equipment
--International Code of Signals
--Special signals for use by ships under attack or threat of attack by 
pirates and armed robbers
--Review of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) handbooks on 
navigation in areas affected by sea-ice
--Standard marine communication phrases
--Removal of wrecks and towage of offshore installations, structures, 
and platforms
--Review of the Code for the Safe Carriage of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel 
(INF Code)
--Operational aspects of Wing in Ground (WIG) craft
--Safety of passenger submersible craft
--Code for safe navigation and watchkeeping
--Review of reporting requirements in IMO instruments

    Members of the public may attend these meetings up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mr. Edward J. LaRue, Jr., U.S. Coast Guard (G-NVT-3), Room 
1409, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by calling: 
(202) 267-0416.

    Dated: August 3, 1995.
Charles A. Mast,
Chairman, Shipping Coordinating Committee.
[FR Doc. 95-20076 Filed 8-14-95; 8:45 am]
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